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WorksheetsCivil War Part 1
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
The cotton gin was invented in
1794
1789
1793
1792
Between 1790 and 1860, slavery grew
10%
20%
100%
600%
What could not be determined by a slave auction catalog?
Age
Skills
Physical condition
Country of origin
Which effect was not a result of the cotton gin?
gang labor
longer hours
tobacco prices went down
more frequent punishments
The South had
harsh winters
rocky soil
fertile coastal plains
mild summers
The Erie Canal was completed in
1807
1817
1847
1793
This man invented the steamboat
Robert Fulton
Francis Cabot Lowell
Eli Whitney
Elias Howe
This invention brought industrialism to northern agriculture
textile mill
Reaper
train
sewing machine
This group immigrated to the United States because of a potato famine
Irish
Germans
This group would always control the House of Reps
North
South
Which was not part of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri admitted as a slave state
Missouri adopts gradual emancipation
Maine admitted as a free state
36'30 divided free from slave territory
This was the issue dividing the North and the South
abolition of slavery
fugitive slave law
tariffs
spread of slavery
This was the name of the South's president
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Pierce
Jefferson Davis
Robert E Lee
This was the year Clay devised the Missouri Compromise
1820
1804
1812
1818
Congress always tried to maintain a balance of power in this house
Senate
House of Reps
This many southerners owned slaves
76.1%
25%
10%
31%
Slaves typically lived on plantations of this size
7-39 slaves
1-5 slaves
3 slaves
more than 40 slaves
Which was not a reason the South insisted slavery had to expand
maintain political power
to keep up morale on the plantation
the need for fresh soil
so slaves wouldn't be tempted to escape
Which was not a reason that Northerners insisted slavery should not expand?
they would be easier to emancipate if contained
didn't want to live among slaves
couldn't compete with slave labor
didn't want to be governed by plantation owners
Which side was the Union?
South
North
Which was not a slave state
Virginia
Georgia
Rhode Island
Delaware
